Cheryl Gillan MP: Post Offices are still essential

ALTHOUGH there are alternative means of communication to the traditional letter, the postal service and our post offices remain an intrinsic part of daily life.Read

Cheryl Gillan MP: Security crucial during Olympics

IN THIS Olympic year there will be many visitors arriving in the UK from all over the world. Security will be an enormous part of the responsibility of hosting the Olympic Games, providing a safe environment for athletes and spectators.Read

Dominic Grieve MP: Helping create a big society

BIG Society Capital was launched in the first week of April. The new institution has £600million of funding behind it, to help charities and other social enterprises.Read

Dominic Grieve MP: WE have to earn our way out of debt

When the Chancellor of the Exchequer stood up to present his Budget, we already knew that the fundamental work to deal with Britain’s debts remains a priority. Under the previous government, this country borrowed itself into trouble. Now we have to earn our way out.Read

Cheryl Gillan MP: Adoption must be speeded up

There's no more urgent task for government than this.Read

Dominic Grieve MP: Help British businesses grow

March is budget month so the focus of attention is on economic indicators and on the measures the Chancellor will take to encourage economic recovery.Read

Cheryl Gillan MP: Concern over the Chess

The state of drought affecting our local chalk streams may now have been brought into prominence because of the recent national summit, but the wellbeing of the rivers Chess and Misbourne has been the subject of study and concern by local residents for many years.Read

Cheryl Gillan MP: Cutting the burden of red tape

During the time the Labour government was in power, that administration presided over the equivalent of six new regulations each working day – about 30 a week.Read

MP Cheryl Gillan: Don't forget the non-emergency number

The 999 emergency number is familiar to most of us.Read

MP Cheryl Gillan: Speaking up and speaking out

TOMORROW (Friday) is Holocaust Memorial Day. It will be 67 years since the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp was liberated.Read

MP Dominic Grieve: Tackling the problem of troubled families

Troubled families seem to have a disproportionate effect on society. Some people indeed characterise them as ‘more trouble than they are worth’. Their members are written off as unlikely ever to make a positive contribution to the community.Read

Cheryl Gillan MP: Help for the hard of hearing

HAVING a personal interest in audiology – my husband is hard of hearing and wears hearing aids – I was interested to talk to a representative of the Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire NHS Cluster, about the services which they offer to people with hearing impairment.Read

Dominic Grieve MP: More support for young job seekers

At THIS time of year there will inevitably be some young people who have only one wish. This will be that they will find a job in the New Year and get their future career underway.Read

Cheryl Gillan MP: The cost of keeping warm

THE global rise in fossil fuel prices is reflected in the cost of the gas and electricity we use to heat our homes. Although we have had a mild autumn this year, by this time in 2010 we had snowfalls.Read

Dominic Grieve MP: Taking measures to deal with the deficit

FINANCIAL turbulence, globally as well as within the European eurozone economies, continues to dominate the economic climate. Thus the Autumn Financial Statement, delivered by the Chancellor of the Exchequer to the House of Commons, has gained this year a stronger significance than it might have done in easier fiscal circumstances.Read

Cheryl Gillan MP: New law that will enable people to make a difference

The Localism Bill, which is intended to return power to citizens, community groups and local councils, has received royal assent, so its measures will begin to come into effect under the new Act of Parliament within months. By April 2012, many of these should be in place.Read

Taxpayer must get maximum value for money

SCHOOLS, hospitals and roads are just some of the public assets that are needed to deliver public services. As well as being sustainable, such investment needs to be cost-effective. The taxpayer should get maximum value for money.Read

Dominic Grieve: Making services sustainable and cost effective

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View from the House: Selling fake goods is not victim-less crime

Buying – or selling – counterfeit goods might be considered by some to be a “victimless crime”, a chance to trade in luxury goods on the cheap.Read

Dominic Grieve MP: Take advantage of this great opportunity to learn skills

AS THE schools were breaking up for the summer holidays, news came through of a £25million fund to boost higher apprenticeships.Read

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